Seoul, South Korea, August 8, 2025 (Globe Newswire) – DeepX (CEO Lokwon Kim), an AI semiconductor company specializing in low-power on-device AI, announced on the 18th that it has signed the Paddle Paddle Technology Ecosomsym Partnership. Industrial site.
As the official ecosystem partner based on Baidu's open source deep learning framework paddle paddle, DeepX will collaborate in a variety of industrial AI projects, co-develop products based on technology compatibility, and promote global customer promotion activities.
Baidu's PaddlePaddle is China's first open source deep learning framework, A core technology platform for creating and running AI models. The name stands for “Parallel Distributed Deep Learning” and is designed to quickly process large amounts of data and operate efficiently on a variety of devices.
It is used in a wide range of industries including smart cities, autonomous driving, image recognition, voice processing, and more, and is considered China's most widely used AI development tool, and is adopted by thousands of companies and institutions, as well as Baidu's own internal products. In particular, PaddlePaddle is deployed as a “full stack AI platform” that supports the entire process from AI model development to deployment by providing ready-to-use tools such as pre-trained models, lightweighting tools, and visualization tools.
Before the contract, the DX-M1, a mass-produced chip from DEEPX, achieved extremely high FPS (frames per second) and power efficiency (FPS/W) especially in industrial PCS based on limited battery environments, and was demonstrated in real time with Baidu's 5th generation PP-OCR and VLM-based models. Baidu is keen to further aggressive collaboration in the future.
Cooperation will extend not only to OCR, but also to drones and robots. Baidu PaddlePaddle and Ernie teams will compile current AI models of drones and VLM+ obstacle avoidance models for deployment to robots on the DX-M1 and commercialize them for real-world robotics and drone projects deployment.
Meanwhile, DEEPX is compatible with DX-M1, transforms and compiles 10 representative OpenVino-based AI models widely used in the industry, which are shared with the global partners of Baidu's PaddlePaddle ecosystem. This is expected to make it easier for a variety of customers to adopt and scale AI products with Deepx NPUs.
Deepx is also developing a V-NPU, a Vision AI-only NPU card that can replace GPUs, and completed the initial demo in mass production, scheduled to begin in September. DeepX and Baidu's cooperation on next-generation product development is also being discussed. Deepx will use Samsung Foundry's next-generation AI semiconductor “DX-M2” based on the 2NM process to verify a prototype that runs Baidu's large AI model “Ernie-4.5-VL-28B-A3B” (MOE-based).
Additionally, the Baidu Paddlepaddle and Ernie team will propose to jointly exhibit Deepx at the 2025 Deep Shenzhen (International) Artificial Information Conference held at Deep Shenzhen at the end of August, and will also provide local demonstrations and co-marketing to customers around the world.
Baidu PaddlePaddle and the Ernie team said: “As a partner with superior low-power AI semiconductor technology, DEEPX will add powerful edge computing capabilities to the Baidu AI technology ecosystem, particularly the DX-M1. It accelerates ecosystem expansion and makes it easier for more companies to implement AI in real-world industries.”
“The partnership with Baidu represents a key turning point in the rapid spread of DeepX's AI semiconductor technology to global industrial sites,” said Lokwon Kim, CEO of DeepX. “We will strengthen our competitiveness in the global AI market through practical commercialization based on paddle paddles and the Ernie ecosystem and various industrial collaborations.”
About Deepx
Founded in anticipation of an era where artificial intelligence is as broad as electricity and Wi-Fi, DEEPX develops core technologies for high-performance AI semiconductors and computing solutions, bringing intelligence to electronic devices. DEEPX currently holds over 350 patents in the US, China and South Korea. This is the world's largest patent portfolio for AI chip development, one of the largest patent portfolios in the world.
DEEPX's AI semiconductors are optimized for a wide range of applications, enabling advanced AI capabilities while improving energy efficiency. The company works with customers such as Hyundai Kia Motors Robotics Lab, Posco DX, LGU+, and Inventec. Additionally, DEEPX collaborates with over 120 global organizations in areas such as smart cameras, surveillance systems (AI NVR), smart factories, robotics platforms, AI servers, and more, and conducts strategic global promotions in the US, China, Taiwan and Europe.
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